v3.1.5

• Fixes validation error bug with community name length #5034 @littleStudent
• Fixes overflowing sticky header title breaking the grid #5036

v3.1.4

• Desktop UI polish #5024
• Hides tooltips on navigation while on a wide viewport #5024
• Fixes titlebar actions for communities and channels #5024
• Loading state fixes and polish #5024
• Fixes DM modal breaking the background view #5024

v3.1.3

• Improved responsiveness of app on larger screens #5014
• Fixed a bug with deploying the frontend that would cause people's apps to break #5015

v3.1.2

• Fixes a bug where first direct messages in a thread were not being persisted properly, so would break when edited #5009
• Optimistically marks notifications as seen in the notifications view #5008
• Fixes a bug where links would not be rendered in thread content #5006
• Adds the thread actions dropdown to the sticky header, for consistent access to thread controls #5010
• Hotfixes a bug causing certain thread views to crash #5007
• Unifies the community sidebar to lead to less confusion when navigating between channel, community, and thread views #4956

v3.1.1

• Uses clientside routing when a link in a message or thread is pointing to Spectrum #4978
• Improves button loading states across the board #4977
• Fixes user list item widths in certain contexts #4976
• Fixes a bug causing extra padding to get added to inputs when users are typing #4975
• Uses better routing during the community creation flow #4979
• Fixes a bug where old threads would appear in the 'latest' feed on a community profile #4984
• Fixes a bug where the unseen indicator in messages would jump around #4983
• Fixes a bug where channel selector dropdowns in slack settings could be really wide #4985
• Adds quicker access to mute/enable notifications for channels #4980
• Breaks word styling in mini composer to ensure that long links don't expand the composer width #4987
• Polishes the desktop app titlebars and navigation #4990
• Ensures that notifications get marked as seen when clicked #4989
• More consistent scroll position behavior when navigating in and out of direct message threads #4988
• Fixes a bug where users couldn't join a channel from mobile #4992

v3.1.0

• Fixes a bug with the home view redirect which would always take people to /spectrum #4971
• Introduces a new minicomposer for threads that appears in-feed #4965
• Prompts users to discard their drafts before cancelling a post or message edit #4612 @nainarazz

v3.0.0

Version 3.0.0 is our largest experiment in the past year and half. Read the announcement post for all the details: https://spectrum.chat/spectrum/general/spectrum-v3-communities-communities-communities~b023ce05-fd12-43e3-9c7c-940b06a26b70

Major commit: #4798

Polish commits from initial user feedback:

• Improves the thread action bar to be more consistent, better structure for future improvements here #4952
• Adds info tab to channel view on mobile #4951
• Adds info tab to user view on mobile #4950
• Fixes collapsing composer tabs on the composer #4964
• Opens threads as modals #4932
• Adds highlighted state to unseen notifications #4957
• Cleans up thread headers to reduce redundant information #4954
• Cleans up thread editing UI #4941
• Fixes a bug where community members weren't loading #4933
• Fixes word break issues and double scrollbars in certain places #4922

More:

• Changes "Bot" badge to "App" for thread cross posts #4869
• Fixes editing threads/messages that have links to external images, delivered via the imgix proxy #4884
• Preserves new lines in paragraphs #4886 @aszx87410
• Adds default alt text to images #4887 @aszx87410
• Fixes editing messages with thread embeds #4921
• Tracks websocket connection counts to the API in Datadog #4948
• Adds ability for community team members to edit any threads in their community #4940
• Ensures that watercoolers are never loaded in thread feeds #4953
• Adds GraphQL response caching for signed out users #4944 #4960

v2.8.5

• Makes embed system consistent for internal and external embeds #4827
• Fixes a bug with sending media messages #4866

v2.8.4

• Fixes the behavior of cross-posting threads to the watercooler, introducing the "bot" badge on messages #4835
• Disables notifications about cross posted thread messages in watercoolers #4836
• Fixes uploading images while editing threads #4834
• Fixes CI workflows for maintainer vs contributor PRs #4820 #4837
• Fixes /thread/:id modal redirects #4825
• Moves all markdown conversion to a new microservice, reducing the amount of code we're shipping to every client #4772
• Adds minor logging to catch deleted channels or communities that are still being queried for #4849
• Fixes a bug where an empty line would get appended to all messages #4848

v2.8.3

• Adds retries to cypress e2e tests (+ parallelization!) for faster CI times #4800 #4773
• Temporarily disables the Spectrum Bot watercooler posts while we figure out the right product iteration #4810
• Fixes a bug that would accidentally cause duplicate links and embeds to appear in threads #4817
• Fixes the experience of navigating through and closing multiple modal routes in a row #4794
• Adds a helpful error message if an image upload fails #4814 @dev-drprasad
• Combines thread and message renders 🔥#4826
• Fixes a bug that would overwrite the community cover photo anytime the community was edited #4828
• Polishes markdown rendering styles #4831
• Adds a button to community settings to enable/disable the watercooler open chat #4823